It's been a few months since Denmark's Awake Boards launched a beginner-level jetboard, so water babies could be now looking to test their e-surfing mettle. The Danish company has heard the battle cry ...

Chris Smith: No [laughs]. Never surfed. My family was from New Rochelle, and we went to Jones Beach when I was a kid. And I got caught in an undertow, and I’ve just been terrified of the ocean ever ...